nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
to explain; to dispel doubts
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
please; somehow or other; one way or another
entreaty; supplication; petition
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
peace (esp. of the world); tranquillity; calm
piece of evidence; evidence
air con; air conditioner; air conditioning
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
expression; look; countenance; face
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to become tense; to become serious; to become sober; sobering; bracing
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite